{
  "id": 96218,
  "title": "Govt looks to bring back merchant fee on UPI transactions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/govt-looks-to-bring-back-merchant-fee-on-upi-transactions",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-03T17:54:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/merchant-fee-mdr-upi-transactions-lok-sabha-amendment-income-tax-parliament-fpi-11785773559752.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The government plans amendments to extend tax exemptions for foreign contract manufacturing and potentially reintroduce merchant discount rates on UPI transactions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}